The Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder was denied in January 2004, and new evidence submitted since then does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.,Prior to May 28, 2008, the Veteran's PTSD was manifested by poor insight, chronic sleep impairment, restricted affect, depressed mood, and mild memory impairment. The criteria for an initial evaluation greater than 30 percent were not met.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's current cervical spine disorder is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1015902
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- Remanded (sent back)
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